What? Another country has run out of fries?

Food & Health

Mrs. Obama asks, “How do you stay healthy?”
Michelle Obama has finally revealed some of her workout secrets.
The first lady skips rope. She does abdominal crunches with a weighted ball. She jumps on and off a bench. It's all part of a White House video released as part of the fifth anniversary celebration of her "Let'...
- Posted on May 28, 2015

What can we do to save the bees?
The federal government hopes to reverse America's declining honeybee and monarch butterfly populations. It wants to make more federal land bee-friendly. And it wants to spend more money on research and consider the use of less pesticides.
Bees are crucial to pollinate many c...
- Posted on May 22, 2015

Save the guacamole!
With the killers hiding in the trees, heat-sensing drones are launched into the air. When their whereabouts are narrowed, the dogs are sent in. When it comes to protecting the world's supply of guacamole, no weapon can be spared.
On subtropical farmland in South Florida, res...
- Posted on May 5, 2015

Can fluoride be too much of a good thing?
The government is lowering the recommended amount of fluoride in drinking water. That's because some kids are getting too much. It is causing white splotches on their teeth.
It's the first change since the government urged cities to add fluoride to water supplies to prevent ...
- Posted on May 1, 2015

Space station supply ship delivers espresso
The SpaceX supply ship that arrived at the International Space Station has delivered the world's first espresso machine designed exclusively for astronauts.
Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti captured the Dragon capsule. It came three days after its Florida launch and ...
- Posted on April 23, 2015

Navajo nation to get first junk food tax in U.S.
How should governments govern soda? An outright ban on large sugary drinks? A tiny tax? Or not at all?
This debate has been playing out in New York and Berkeley, California. And places in between.
One community recently made drastic moves. It will target eating habits...
- Posted on April 10, 2015

Life is sweet, but we’re eating too much sugar
New guidelines from the World Health Organization are enough to kill anyone's sugar high. The U.N. health agency says the world is eating too much sugar. It says people should slash their intake. Six six to 12 teaspoons per day is enough. It is an amount that could be exceeded wi...
- Posted on March 10, 2015

Would you eat soup made from crickets?
Bugs in a kitchen are usually something to be squashed or swatted. But at Le Cordon Bleu, the French cooking school, chefs and food scientists spent a week simmering, sauteing and grilling insects. The chefs wanted to extract innovative flavors. They say it could open a new frontie...
- Posted on February 26, 2015

Would you rather eat your chocolate, or drink it?
What do you picture when you hear the word chocolate? Most of us picture a candy bar, a box of bonbons, or an Easter bunny. And when we think about consuming chocolate, we probably think of the verb "eat," not "drink." And we would describe its taste with the adjective "sweet."...
- Posted on February 6, 2015

What? Another country has run out of fries?
Forget the French fries. How about a side of yuca with that Big Mac?
Venezuela's more than 100 McDonald's franchises have run out of potatoes. Now they are serving alternatives. Like deep-fried arepa flatbreads or yuca. That's a starchy staple of traditional South American c...
- Posted on January 21, 2015